Help. I can't do any more cutscenes, but want to progress. What should I do?

[Lemuria]

the sheer volume of quests and drawn-out dialog gets me to a point where I just start banging my head on the desk and saying, "oh my god I don't caaaaare!"

Well, someone had to be the one to say it. Sounds like you're just burned out. If you aren't enjoying it yet, you won't enjoy Heavensward, it's really as simple as that. It's basically more of the same.

In fact, Heavensward has even more quests. Most of which needed to unlock the 'cool' stuff such as flying in each of the zones, many of which branching off the MSQ or even off other quest chains. In short, if you don't enjoy questing this might not be the MMO for you. That's why I suggest taking the above advice, going at your own pace so you can enjoy it more rather than trying to mindlessly rush to the finish and be done with it.

[OccamX]

Well, someone had to be the one to say it. Sounds like you're just burned out. If you aren't enjoying it yet, you won't enjoy Heavensward, it's really as simple as that. It's basically more of the same.
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In short, if you don't enjoy questing this might not be the MMO for you.
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You may be right. I love story, but not a game that is 100% story.

I think it would have been a lot easier if I had been playing all along. A few hours of questing every few months would not be so bad. Maybe the story would be only 10% of the game for you. But if you come to the game as a new player or have taken a break, the story really is 100% of the game, until you are all caught up. It's frustrating. I want to fight bosses and run dungeons. (And yes, I've played plenty of WoW, I'm here because I'm a diehard FF fan and I want to try something different).